The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-02
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

Parker October IS.
During a heavy thunder storm the
store building OF M. c. Rousseau at
Rousseau was struck by lightning and.
together with its contents destroyed
by fire.
1t cost $12, 22o to convey two com
panies of United States soldiers from
Fort Sully to Duluth.
Judge Clifford, Dakota's delegate to
congress, spent the summer enjoying
the c~oolbreezes of BigStone Lake.
a Blunt physician has a collection
Of geological specimens he values at
$1,000.
At Pierre, Sheriff Harris has taken
charge OF the stock of Farr 4 Beadle,
Harold, under an attachment OF G. ".
Hawley of Blunt.
Thomas Ward, a prisoner at the
Sioux Falls ~penitentiary, attempted
to kill himsel. by cutting his throat.
with a lack knife. Ward has served
four years OF a FIVE years sentence.
for grand larceny.
It is learned here that the grand
jury for the term Of the district court
at D~eadwood, returned fifty-tive in
dictments. Many OF them are for
fornication, duplicating prominent
people.
The Dakota Ruralist is a new agri-
cultural paper just issued at East
Pierre, by Geo. G. Crosse and j. O..
Nc Mamma.
The Northern Pacific land depart
ment has disposed OF fifteen townships
Of land in the southwestern part of
Morton county, to a Rhode Island
colony.
A contract for building the Ramsey
county court house at Devils Lake
was secured by B. +. Shouley OF that
place. Work will commence at once,
Collector Mueller OF jamestown has
been awarded the contract for the
erection Of the new school house at
New Buffalo. The building will be a
two-story frame structure 30x50 and
will cost SIS. 500.
Deadwood is raiding the Chinese
houses of prostitution and opium
dens OF that city. Eight females and as
many men were sent tothe calaboose.
A prominent Chinese merchant re-
tanned Col. Parker to defend them.
A stock company has been organized
in Aberdeen for the publication Of a
Scandinavian newspaper. A Catholic
paper win also be published there.
The civil engineer Of the Wilmar and
Sioux Falls railroad thinks grading
on that line will be completed to Sioux
Falls before the ground freezes up.
The New England colony hackers are
doing good work for Dakota. over
soc, 900 acres have been purchased
frem the Northern Pacific railroad
company
The secretary of the interior has af-
firmed the decision Of the commissions
er in the case of III. e. Hawkey VS.. B.
Schlick, involving preference right to
entry of southeast quarter section 9,
township 102, range SO, Mitchell ,
appealed by Scnlick.
Word has been received here that
Yankton has been selected at the see
city Of the diocese of South Dakota OF
the Catholic church. The diocese will
be called the Yankton diocese. A
cathedral will be built and a diocese
school. Nearly $500, 900 Will be ex-
pended in new buildings.
The Ipswich Gazette, in noting a
marriage that recently occurred there,
states that the groom Is drawing a
pension for disability resulting from
army experiences, lost his crop last
year by drouth, had his house burned
in the spring, lost some Of his stock
by disease, has had a portion of his
present stock DESTROYED By hail. and
yet gives proof OF his grit by marry
ing q widow with aifamily.
Thousands Of acres OF uncnltivated
land in the Sioux valley viii this year
yield u bountiful supply Of Dakota
Wild grass. and many farms in the
Sioux valley will clear whatever in
debtedness they may have heretofore
Incurred,
Sioux Falls. D. II, Press; Dakota
is allowed no vote for president, and
no voice in the national council, but
there is one right which is not denied
the citizens Of The much-abused and
long suffering territory-the right oil
paying their just debts. And, not
understanding, very liberal exemption
laws. that is just what Dakotans are
doing. At any rate, the collection
agencies report that nowhere are col
lections more easily made than in
Dakota.
NJ Gary Hon MI F-Graalav and